Video here: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/840033/monster_truck/For a gallery of the truck: http://nexploreshockwave.com/gallery.html
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Wheel standing Semi truck... and 600mph "Shockwave"
Video here: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/840033/monster_truck/
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Just a conversion away from making someone's racecar hauler dream a reality
Not good photos, but the truck is behind a gate that couldn't be opened all the way. Former Culligan water transporter, now just waiting for a new life as a hot rod companion hauler... and a lot of work.I found all of these East of San Diego, 2 of them in the same trip, the other two... the firetruck and this oldest one, were a surprise on this second trip to finally photograph them.
1948-1950
Ford 900
This is a Ford 700
1948-1950
Ford 900
This is a Ford 700
just think of these as potential for something as cool as Les's hauler http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/68-ford-transporter-aint-that-cool-i.html
The California car collectors, and collections
A long and well written article that gets interviews and details.
“My gut feeling is that there are more cars and collections squirreled away in California than in any other part of the country,” says Keith Martin, editor and publisher of the Portland, Ore.-based Sports Car Market magazine.
“You [California] have more people with money buying cars of the ’30s and ’40s they couldn’t afford at the time. And you have a new, younger generation starting collections of what they remember: ’50s cars and the early days of the Sports Car Club of America, belly-tank racers and hot rods.
“Some of the biggest and best car collections are out there” in Southern California, says Jeff Broadus, publisher of the 56,000-circulation Car Collector magazine, headquartered in Titusville, Fla.
“That will soon include the private collection of Glen Patch, who is moving his ‘57 Heaven to Palm Springs,” Broadus says, referring to his magazine’s former publisher and owner and his 70-car collection representing every American car built in 1957. “There used to be guys who collected only certain marques. Now there are multi-marque collectors.”
And some California collections, he points out, have grown into museums: the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in the Bay Area town of Danville and the Nethercutt Collection, founded by J.D. Nethercutt of Merle Norman Cosmetics of Sylmar.
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jul/29/news/hw-60846
“My gut feeling is that there are more cars and collections squirreled away in California than in any other part of the country,” says Keith Martin, editor and publisher of the Portland, Ore.-based Sports Car Market magazine.
“You [California] have more people with money buying cars of the ’30s and ’40s they couldn’t afford at the time. And you have a new, younger generation starting collections of what they remember: ’50s cars and the early days of the Sports Car Club of America, belly-tank racers and hot rods.
“Some of the biggest and best car collections are out there” in Southern California, says Jeff Broadus, publisher of the 56,000-circulation Car Collector magazine, headquartered in Titusville, Fla.
“That will soon include the private collection of Glen Patch, who is moving his ‘57 Heaven to Palm Springs,” Broadus says, referring to his magazine’s former publisher and owner and his 70-car collection representing every American car built in 1957. “There used to be guys who collected only certain marques. Now there are multi-marque collectors.”
And some California collections, he points out, have grown into museums: the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in the Bay Area town of Danville and the Nethercutt Collection, founded by J.D. Nethercutt of Merle Norman Cosmetics of Sylmar.
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jul/29/news/hw-60846
Friday, January 2, 2009
A variety of very cool Coca Cola delivery trucks
Above from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=251 
Via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585
Garden Grove 1964 Via: http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/
http://amazing-filtered.blogspot.com/2008/12/coca-colas-logo-history.html for the bottom delivery truck, and a gallery of Coke advertising from the first to some of the latest1 of 17 1937 Bugatti type 57S Atalante found in a garage in Britain
When Harold Carr died at the age of 89, his relatives faced a daunting task to sort through his possessions.His home was packed with piles of medical machinery, 1,500 beer steins, thousands of receipts and even a World War Two spy drone.
But all the effort became worth it when they opened the door of his garage - and struck gold. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1103849/The-eccentric-uncle-left-garage--containing-6m-Bugatti-supercar.html
a small number of Bugatti enthusiasts knew of Carr's proudest possession, but not the eight relatives who inherited Carr's estate.
The orthopedic surgeon was described by relatives as an eccentric hoarder who never threw anything out. He also left behind an Aston Martin, which was sold, and a E type Jaguar that was scrapped because it was in such poor condition. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZOuzKqkqgFk6-U-o0gV94ur5HJAD95F2M600
The orthopedic surgeon was described by relatives as an eccentric hoarder who never threw anything out. He also left behind an Aston Martin, which was sold, and a E type Jaguar that was scrapped because it was in such poor condition. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZOuzKqkqgFk6-U-o0gV94ur5HJAD95F2M600
Doctor Carr's Bugatti Atalante is due to be auctioned by Bonhams in Paris in February 2009 and is expected to fetch up to £3m
Thanks Mike!
On a related note: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/06/37-bugatti-atalante-was-at-greenwich.html
Deer park winery and auto museum, June 14 2009 Concours de Elegance
The 1st weekend of every month is the only open days, but the phone message (the only source of information) says that they'll have a Concours show this June 14th. 760 749 1666
When radio bored the car owners of the 50's, they didn't have XM, Sirius, CD's or cassettes... they had record players!
http://ookworld.com/hiwayhifi.html has the most complete look at the press releases, magazine reviews, and sales brochuresYou were limited solely to the releases made available by Columbia, and as you can see in the listings, these were somewhat limited. I'm no expert on what was available to them, but I'm guessing that many of these releases were remasters from Columbia's back-catalog. Note the complete absence of serious jazz, rhythm & blues, country and rock 'n' roll.
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